The need for building High-Performing teams is a must nowadays. The last two years have been a huge challenge for every business and leader, having to navigate through a pandemic, managing constant supply-chain disruptions, and increasing talent attenuation in the job market created an unprecedented challenge for many businesses.

Building a high-performing team requires a lot more than just having a group of talented people with the right skills. It requires careful development and nurturing of key traits, behaviors, and practices.

Let’s dive into 5 key aspects of building and leading a high-performing team and how to cultivate them in your business.

01. Lead by example and show the way

To build and lead a high-performing team, you must become a high-performing leader, knowing your strengths and weaknesses, and being highly self-aware and competent, both emotionally and intellectually. High-performing leaders have the ability to communicate a big-picture strategy and vision and simultaneously understand the details entailed in executing it.

02. Create a Culture of Connection

Use your core values and company vision to create a sense of unity.

At the heart of any thriving company, culture is the core value that guides how the whole business is run. Company core values like “Trust”, “Have Fun”, and “Win and Lose as a Team” can play a huge role in helping unite employees. Your company vision can also give your staff a sense of purpose as they work towards shared goals.

“What’s critical in today’s environment is to ensure a strong sense of belonging and community among employees.”

Ashley Morley Brinsfield, head of human resources at DreamWorks Animation in Glendale, Calif.

03. Embrace diversity of thought and wide-ranging skill sets

More diverse companies are more successful.

“Companies in the top quartile for racial and ethnic diversity are 35 percent more likely to have financial returns above their respective national industry medians” and “companies in the top quartile for gender diversity are 15 percent more likely to have financial returns above their respective national industry medians.”

According to research by Mckinsey

If you want your team to be as innovative as possible, then integrating individuals with diverse backgrounds and skill sets is the way to get there.

04. Weekly staff meetings

Your weekly team meeting should be used to solve problems, discuss the next steps, and assign tasks. These types of team meeting agenda items have value and can keep the entire team engaged. If your team does not perceive that your weekly meetings have value, they will likely not feel a need to attend or will show little interest.

04. Fun Fridays

Last but not least, lets top this last one with a fun one!

Ask your team what you can all do during working hours on a Friday once a month to spark things up and keep everyone feeling connected and entertained in a fun way. You could suggest happy hours, eats-and-greets, showing photos of your families, mapping and matching trivia quizzes about everyones achievements, and many other recommendations will be shared by employees looking for greater participation and a stronger sense of inclusion.

Remote work is the future of the workforce. Is your business ready to adapt? Latamforce is here to help. Contact us and let’s create a High-Performing team together!